Minami-Furuya Station

Minami-Furuya Station 南古谷駅
Station building and entrance, January 2009
Location
Prefecture	Saitama (See other stations in Saitama)
City	Kawagoe
Neighborhood etc.	Namiki
(in Japanese)	埼玉県川越市並木
History
Year opened	1940
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Kawagoe Line

Minami-Furuya Station (南古谷駅, Minami-Furuya-eki^?) is a railway station in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Minami-Furuya Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Ōmiya. The majority of services continue beyond Ōmiya on the Saikyō Line to Shinjuku and Shin-Kiba. In the morning peak, some eastbound trains towards Tokyo and some westbound trains toward Komagawa and Hachiōji start from this station, as it is located close to Kawagoe Depot. Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime.^[1]

Station layout

View of the station looking east from platform 1, October 2008

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks.

Platforms

1	■Kawagoe Line	for Kawagoe
2/3	■Kawagoe Line	for Ōmiya, Ikebukuro and Shinjuku, Rinkai Line through service to Shin-Kiba

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kawagoe Line
Kawagoe		Local		Sashiōgi

History

Minami-Furuya Station opened on 22 July 1940.^[2] The line was electrified on 30 September 1985, and through-running began to/from the Saikyō Line.

Surrounding area

• JR East Kawagoe Depot
• Toho College of Music
• Kawagoe Tax Office
• Unicus Shopping Centre

See also

Media related to Minami-Furuya Station at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
2. ^ "Minami-Furuya Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1501. Retrieved 25 December 2010. 

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°54′11.6352″N 139°31′9.8832″E / 35.903232°N 139.519412°E / 35.903232; 139.519412